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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
Advocate
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From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I stand before gentlemen to whom, perhaps, I am not utterly unknown," she said.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
antechamber
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
attentive
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From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
beautiful
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From this reading She was thinner, and there were heavy shadows beneath her eyes, but she was beautiful.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Some here, perchance, have been to court, and have seen me there.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "I stand before gentlemen to whom, perhaps, I am not utterly unknown," she said.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading She was thinner, and there were heavy shadows beneath her eyes, but she was beautiful.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
book
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
came
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From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
child
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
court
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From this reading "Some here, perchance, have been to court, and have seen me there.
curled
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
died
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
eyes
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From this reading She was thinner, and there were heavy shadows beneath her eyes, but she was beautiful.
faces
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From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
Find
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From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I stand before gentlemen to whom, perhaps, I am not utterly unknown," she said.
Greenwich
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Some here, perchance, have been to court, and have seen me there.
heavy
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From this reading She was thinner, and there were heavy shadows beneath her eyes, but she was beautiful.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was thinner, and there were heavy shadows beneath her eyes, but she was beautiful.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Some here, perchance, have been to court, and have seen me there.
honour
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
kiss
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
maid
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
Majesty's
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
Master
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
more
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
nearer
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From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I stand before gentlemen to whom, perhaps, I am not utterly unknown," she said.
now
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From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
once
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
perchance
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From this reading "Some here, perchance, have been to court, and have seen me there.
perhaps
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From this reading "I stand before gentlemen to whom, perhaps, I am not utterly unknown," she said.
Queen
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
quiet
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From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
ring
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From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
said
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From this reading "I stand before gentlemen to whom, perhaps, I am not utterly unknown," she said.
Sandys
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
saw
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
seat
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
seen
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From this reading "Some here, perchance, have been to court, and have seen me there.
shadows
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From this reading She was thinner, and there were heavy shadows beneath her eyes, but she was beautiful.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
slowly
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From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
Some
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From this reading "Some here, perchance, have been to court, and have seen me there.
spoke
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From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
stand
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From this reading "I stand before gentlemen to whom, perhaps, I am not utterly unknown," she said.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
there
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From this reading She was thinner, and there were heavy shadows beneath her eyes, but she was beautiful.
thinner
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From this reading She was thinner, and there were heavy shadows beneath her eyes, but she was beautiful.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
unknown
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From this reading "I stand before gentlemen to whom, perhaps, I am not utterly unknown," she said.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
utterly
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From this reading "I stand before gentlemen to whom, perhaps, I am not utterly unknown," she said.
very
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From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
waited
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was thinner, and there were heavy shadows beneath her eyes, but she was beautiful.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She was thinner, and there were heavy shadows beneath her eyes, but she was beautiful.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In which I Find an Advocate She came slowly nearer the ring of now very quiet and attentive faces until she stood beside me, but she neither looked at me nor spoke to me.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I stand before gentlemen to whom, perhaps, I am not utterly unknown," she said.
window
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
young
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From this reading Master Sandys, once, before the Queen died, you came to Greenwich to kiss her Majesty's hands; and while you waited in her antechamber you saw a young maid of honour--scarce more than a child--curled in a window--seat with a book.
